The London Philharmonic Orchestra announced today that Paavo Järvi will succeed Edward Gardner as chief conductor from the 2028-29 season, when Gardner’s current contract comes to an end.
Paavo Järvi, 63, was born in Tallinn into a musical dynasty. His
father, Neeme is also a conductor as well as his younger brother
Kristjan. The family moved to the USA in 1980, and Järvi studied at
Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and at the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein.
Järvi's illustrious career has seen him work with many of the world’s leading orchestras,
including the Malmö Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Frankfurt Radio
Symphony, Tokyo’s NHK Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, where he was
music director from 2010-2016.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) was founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas
Beecham and is now a resident orchestra
at London's Southbank Centre. It has served as the prestigious
Glyndebourne Festival's resident symphony orchestra since 1964 and also
performs in Brighton, Eastbourne and Saffron Walden, alongside
international tours. Järvi is already conducting the LPO in a program of
works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius at the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow.
